Kayagatasatisuttam, the Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body

The Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body - 29
Yassa kassaci bhikkhave kāyagatāsati abhāvitā abahulīkatā,
For whoever, monks, mindfulness related to the body is undeveloped and has not been
made much of
labhati tassa Māro otāraṁ, labhati tassa Māro ārammaṇaṁ.
Māra finds an opening in him, Māra gets an opportunity with him. 89
Seyyathā pi bhikkhave puriso garukaṁ silāguḷaṁ 90 allamattikāpuñje
pakkhipeyya,
Just as, monks, a person might throw a heavy stone ball into a mass of soft clay,
taṁ kim-maññatha 91 bhikkhave api nu taṁ garukaṁ silāguḷaṁ
what do you think, monks, would that heavy stone ball
allamattikāpuñje labhetha otāran?”-ti
get an opening into that mass of soft clay?”
“Evaṁ Bhante.”
“Yes, reverend Sir.”
“Evam-eva kho bhikkhave yassa kassaci kāyagatāsati abhāvitā abahulīkatā
“Just so, monks, for whoever mindfulness related to the body is undeveloped and has
not been made much of
labhati tassa Māro otāraṁ, labhati tassa Māro ārammaṇaṁ.
Māra finds an opening in him, Māra gets an opportunity with him.
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Seyyathā pi bhikkhave sukkhaṁ kaṭṭhaṁ koḷāpaṁ
Just as if, monks, there were a dry piece of wood from a dead tree
atha puriso āgaccheyya uttarāraṇiṁ ādāya,
then a person might come along and having taken an upper kindling-stick,
89 Comm: otāran-ti vivaraṁ chiddaṁ, ārammaṇan-ti kilesuppattipaccayaṁ; opening means a
fissure, a hole, opportunity means a support for the arising of defilements.
90 BJT: silāgulaṁ, and similarly below, though later it writes suttaguḷaṁ; showing the l/ḷ
alternation.
91 Thai, ChS: kiṁ maññatha, parsed form, similarly throughout.